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FOOD CONSUMPTION SURVEY [2 records]

Record 1 2017-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys
  • Dietetics
  • Hygiene and Health
DEF

[A specialized survey] on food consumption data, conducted in a few countries with small sample sizes on an ad-hoc basis.

OBS

[It measures] food intake by collecting both qualitative descriptions and quantities consumed of each food item during the last one to fifteen days by individuals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
  • Diététique
  • Hygiène et santé

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • Food Industries
CONT

Food demand is approached with regard to structure, social distribution and trends, with reference to survey data on consumption and household budgets and also to the elasticity coefficient of total expenditure estimated on the basis of cross-sectional samples.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

La demande alimentaire est analysée à travers les aspects de structure, de distribution sociale et de tendance à partir des données d'enquêtes sur la consommation et les budgets des ménages et des élasticités-dépenses totales estimées sur la base d'échantillons en coupe transversale.

Spanish

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